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1.The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London, is organising online short course on “Decolonisation: Knowledge, Power, and Politics” by Dr Sanaa Alimia.

Decolonisation: Knowledge, Power, and Politics (Short Course)

In the twentieth century, anti-colonial and anti-racist movements in Asia, Africa, and the Americas appeared to be radically remaking the modern world. Yet the creation of new and politically independent nation-states was only one stage of decolonisation. The configuration of global power is still unequal. The ways in which we think and engage in the world continue to be marked by a colonial past and present. Yet alternative possibilities have been and are being imagined and practiced.

Situated across the disciplines of Politics, History, and Sociology this introductory course examines the unfinished business of decolonisation. The course will:

1. Introduce students to key ideas in decoloniality, post-colonialism, Marxism, gender, and ecological studies.
2. Analyse the historic contexts of political decolonisation.
3. Ask how are our everyday lives impacted by colonial legacies using the example of race, gender, and desire?

Download the Course Structure.

Learning Outcome

To understand how the current world system has developed over a period of 500 years of colonialism, slavery, and exploitation, making modernity and coloniality two sides of the same coin.

Course Convenor

Dr Sanaa Alimia is interested in analysing structures of power and how they play out in our everyday lives. Her first manuscript reconstructs microhistories of refugees, undocumented migrants, and low-income groups in Pakistan. An Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Sanaa Alimia holds a PhD from the Department of Politics and International Relations at SOAS, London where she also taught (2011-2014). She was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar (2013-2017) and a Research Fellow at the Berlin Graduate School for Muslim Societies, Freie Universität, Berlin (2014-2016) and Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin (2014-2019).

Some of the courses she has taught include:

• Understanding Frantz Fanon
• Global Racialised Migration in the 20th-to-21st Centuries
• The Politics of Modern Muslim Mobility
• Social Movements and Political Protest
• Urban Housing in the Global South
• Comparative Politics
• International Relations

  One-on-one Sessions

Interested participants are invited to arrange two individual one-on-one online sessions (each for 45 minutes). These can be used up to 8 weeks after the course has been delivered. They can discuss key texts, pieces of writing, or reflections in those sessions. These sessions must be booked in advance.

Course Preparation

Participants will be asked to listen to a 10-minute pre-recorded lecture before attending each session. They will also be asked to read a mixture of academic texts, poetry, political speeches, and news articles, and to listen to and/or watch songs, performances, and short visual clips.

Time 

28, 29 and 30 September 2020, 9.00-11.30

Tickets and Booking

£75.00 for professionals | £45.00 for students, AKU alumni, and AKU staff. Register as soon as possible.

*The course will be delivered via Zoom. Further details will be provided later upon registration. 

 

 

 

 

2. The HIAA-sponsored discussion of online resources for the teaching of Islamic art is now freely available at this URL:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FSpDdDx7kmGgOEJy8WaNyv7LHI-zm-CA/view?usp=sharing

The discussion includes a synthesis of online resources by Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan), an exploration of museum online collections of Islamic art by Ruba Kana’an (University of Toronto, Mississauga), and an overview of Archnet by Michael Toler and Matt Saba (Archnet/MIT).

 

 

 

 

3. International Conference “Mapping South-South Connections: Networks, Alliances and New Actors on the International Scene during the Decolonization Process and Cold War in Latin America, Asia and Africa (1810–1990)”, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, 21–22 November 2020

This conference is organized in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and aims to explore historical, political and cultural South-South connections from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 September 2020. Information: https://southsouthconnections.atu.ac.ir

 

 

 

 

4. Three Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in Art and Humanities, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire (2021-2023)

These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently (since January 2020) received their Ph.D. degrees by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed, including Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020.

Information: https://leslie.dartmouth.edu/opportunities/post-docs/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowships

 

 

 

 

 

5. Research Papers and Project Demos on “Jews, Christians, and Muslims as Colleagues and Collaborators in the Abbasid Near East” for Special Issue of “Medieval Worlds: Comparative & Interdisciplinary Studies”

Relevant topics: Surveys of trends in dynamics between scholars of different religious communities, illustrated by case studies or by quantitative approaches; Comparative studies of attitudes among different linguistic or religious communities (Arabic, Syriac, Greek; Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Samaritan); Network analysis involving relationships among people, places, or books; etc.

Abstract Deadline: 28 August 2020– Information: http://t.usaybia.net/forum2020/index.html

 

 

 

 

6. Resource: Academic Search-Engine of Free eJournals: JURN

JURN is a curated academic search-engine, which helps you find free academic articles and books. JURN harnesses all the power of Google, but focusses your search through a hand-crafted and curated index covering Social Sciences and Humanities, including Middle East Studies and selected university fulltext repositories as well as many additional ejournals in science, business and law.

Search millions of free academic articles, chapters and theses at www.jurn.org

 

 

 

 

7. New Methods in the Study of Islam

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Methods play a notable role in the scholarly cognition of available data and shape (and even direct) scholarly productions. In the study of religions, methods also highlight possible connections between various traditions by utilizing a multitude of socio-cultural, anthropological, legal, textual and other disciplinary approaches. When it comes to disclosing methods and methodologies, the study of Islam remains no exception. However, many in Islamic studies tend to employ established or classic methods that seemingly echo (neo-)orientalist and political inclinations. This volume seeks to offer an alternative, and we welcome new, innovative, and inter-/multi-disciplinary approaches. Framed boldly, we want to encourage new ways to think about and study Islam.

This call asks a set of broad questions: What are (the) new methods in the study of Islam? Can newer approaches to methods and methodologies provide different lenses to examine Islam and Islamic Studies? Can technology revolutionize our method and methodological preferences? Can textuality, once the dominant method, be replaced by non-textual methods to understand Islam and its relations with other religions? Can one theorize the ethics of method application in the study of Islam?

New Methods in the Study of Islam offers a modest proposal to discover new methods, methodologies and approaches that can be applied, utilized and conceived in the study of Islam and Islamic Studies. The volume also seeks to show how such methods and approaches help us understand Islam’s relationship to other religious traditions.

Potential themes in the volume include (but are not limited to) the following,

• The concept of New Method in the Study of Islam
• Method vs. Methodology in the Study of Islam
• Existing Paradigms in Methodological Study of Islam
• Decolonizing Methods/Methodologies in Islamic Studies
• Easternism, Westernism and Centrality in Methods
• Historicizing and Universalizing Methods in Islamic Studies
• Ethics of method production and application in the Study of Islam
• Evaluating and Assessing Established or Emerging Methods
• New Methods for Comparative Study of Islam and Other Religions

Scholars, researchers, and instructors are invited to send an abstract of their proposed chapters (max. 200 words) and a short bio-note to the editors, Abbas Aghdassi and Aaron W. Hughes before November 30, 2020.

Abstracts and subsequent chapters should be submitted in English.

Notification of abstract acceptance will be communicated by January 15, 2021. Following the notification, authors will be invited to submit their full chapter by April 30, 2021. Chapters would then undergo a review by the editors, at which point authors will be notified if revisions are required.

We plan to publish the volume in Brill’s Supplements to Theory and Method in the Study of Religion (SMTR).

Please, circulate this call. For any general queries, feel free to contact us at (aghdassi@um.ac.ir).

 

Editors                            Abbas Aghdassi, Ed., (aghdassi@um.ac.ir)

Aaron W. Hughes, Ed. (aaron.hughes@rochester.edu)

 

Abstract submission       Nov 30, 2020

Acceptance note            Jan 15, 2021

Chapter submission       Apr 30, 2021

Initial reviews                May 30, 2021

Revised chapter             June 30, 2021

 

CHAPTER FORMAT

The following format will help ensure coherence. A full chapter should be 6000-8000 words (approx.) including, reference, tables, figures etc.

 

TITLE	Clearly defined and relevant to the text
ABSTRACT	200 words
INTRODUCTION	750 words (approx.)
LITERATURE (context, concepts, methods)	1500 words (approx.)
DISCUSSION	3000 words (approx.)
CONCLUSION	500 words (approx.)
REFERENCES/CITATIONS	CHICAGO 17TH ed. (notes and bibliography***)
KEYWORDS	3-6 (required for indexing)
LANGUAGE	English U.S.

 

*** See this for some examples: https://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/c.php?g=508212&p=5426978

 

 

 

 

8. What’s wrong with talking about maps that we want to consider historically as “historical maps”?

https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2020/8/13/rehabilitating-historica…

 

 

 

9. The Great Lakes Adiban Workshop will take place on Zoom on September 5-6, 2020. The workshop will feature two roundtable discussions and eight presentations by both veterans of our workshops and newcomers, ranging across Arabic, Persian, and Urdu literature, from the 3rd/9th century to the 14th/20th. The schedule is available on our website (https://greatlakesadiban.github.io/), along with further information about GLAS.

 

Attendance is free and open, but we do ask that all participants register through this link: https://forms.gle/pDV2V59N1Mn9nHmG9. Please register by Friday, August 21st so that we can ensure full participation, and please contact the organizers if you require accommodations or have further questions.

 

1.Iranian musicians residing in Iran and American Opera singers living in Washington, DC, facilitated by Roshan Institute for Persian Studies in partnership with the IN Series Opera in Washington DC, and the North American Iranian Friendship Association in Tehran, collaborated together for a performance in cyberspace.

The Director of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz, has made a clip of just over 6 minutes of the performance available:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/iran-us-musicians-collaborate-trnd/index.html

 

 

 

 

2. International Seminar: “End-of-Life Care and the Islamic Moral Tradition”, Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), Doha, 20-22 October 2020

This seminar aims to critically address the key EoLC ethical questions, by engaging a wide range of scholarly disciplines, including those within the field of Islamic studies (e.g., Theology, Philosophy, Jurisprudence & Legal Theory, Sufism, and Adab) in addition to other disciplines like social sciences and legal studies.

Information: https://www.cilecenter.org/resources/news/call-research-papers-end-life-care-eolc-and-islamic-moral-tradition

 

 

 

 

3. 5^th Annual International Conference of the Gulf Studies Centre: “Social Change in the Gulf Societies in the 21^st Century”, Qatar University, 11–12 November 2020

This conference aims to explore the role of economic transformation, education, social media, migration, and urbanization in the social changes in the Gulf societies, with a focus on their directions, magnitudes, and relevant policy options.

Information: http://www.qu.edu.qa/research/gulfstudies-center/events/Social-Change-in-the-Gulf-Societies-in-the-21st-Century

 

 

 

 

4. Symposium: “Ottoman Ego-Documents”, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021

The symposium will be in English and Turkish. The texts belonging to pre-Tanzimat period are particularly advised to present. The primary sources used in the presentations can be in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian or any other languages spoken/written in Ottoman territories. The main focus would be on the texts written in Ottoman Turkish.

Information: https://benanlatilari.medeniyet.edu.tr/en/symposium/home-page-sempozyum

 

 

 

 

5. POSTPONED from Philadelphia 2020: Panel on “Representing Islands and Water in the Early Modern Period (Focus Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean)” during the 67^th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America: Dublin, 7-10 April 2021

Topics may include: Questions around the notion of insularity between the years 1400-1700; Urban space through chorographic representations and urban views of island cities; The power relations between the political powers seen through Early Modern cartography; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 August 2020. Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6296056/reprensenting-islands-and-water-early-modern-period and https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/2021/cfp.cgi

 

 

 

 

6. Postdoctoral Researcher (4.5 Years) in DFG-Graduiertenkolleg “Empires: Dynamic Change, Temporality of Post-Imperial Orders”, University of Freiburg, Germany

Candidates are invited from the following disciplines: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern, and Contemporary History of any global area, Sociology, Political Science, Near Eastern Studies, Literary/Cultural/Media Studies.

Deadline for application: 4 September 2020.

Information: http://zanderdev.com/GRK_2571/en/Call%20for%20Applications.pdf

 

 

 

 

7. Six Postgraduate Positions (3 Years) for PhD Program (DFG-Graduiertenkolleg) “Empires: Dynamic Change, Temporality of Post-Imperial Orders”, University of Freiburg, Germany

We are looking for postgraduates with a background in the following disciplines: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern, Eastern European and East Asian History as well as Sociology, Political Science, Literary/Cultural/Media Studies.

Deadline for application: 4 September 2020. Information: http://zanderdev.com/GRK_2571/en/Call%20for%20Applications.pdf

 

 

 

 

8. Up to 10 Fellowships for International Doctoral Students in European History, the History of Religion, Historical Theology, or other Historical Disciplines, Leibniz Institute of European History (EIG), Mainz

We fund PhD projects on European history from the early modern period until 1989/90. We are particularly interested in projects with a comparative or cross-border approach, on European history in its relation to the wider world, or on topics of intellectual and religious history. The IEG Fellowships provide a unique opportunity to pursue your individual PhD project while living and working for 6–12 months at the Institute in Mainz.

Deadline for applications: 15 August 2020. Information: https://www.ieg-mainz.de/en/fellowships

 

 

 

 

9. 30 Fellowships for 10 Months per Academic Year (Focus Mediterranean Studies) Offered by “French Institutes for Advanced Study” at High-level Scientific Residencies in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Montpellier

The fellowships are offered to outstanding researchers of all career levels. The minimum requirement is a PhD + 2 years of research experience at the time of the application. Exception will be made for scholars with a Master + 6 years of full‐time research experience after the degree. Researchers from all countries are eligible, but they have to have spent no more than 12 months in France during the three years prior to the application deadline.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020. Information: https://www.fias-fp.eu/

 

 

 

 

10. Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants to Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey etc.

The travel grants are meant to improve the career opportunities for humanities and social science academics in their qualification phase. The scientists conduct a self-chosen research project in at least two and at most three host countries: China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, USA. The total term of funding shall not exceed three months.

Deadline for applications: 9 October 2020.

Information: https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/en/foerderung/gerald-d-feldman-travel-grants.html

 

 

 

 

11. Articles on “Islamic Theologies of Disasters: Between Science, Religion and Messianism” for Special Issue of Journal “MIDEO” 38 (2023)

This issue is devoted: the Islamic theology of catastrophes at different periods of history, in ancient, modern and contemporary theological thought. See Call for Papers with many proposals of themes.

Deadline for paper: 30 June 2021.

Information: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/en/2020/07/call-for-papers-islamic-theologies-of-disasters/

 

 

 

1.ONLINE Conference: “Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase”, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter, 26 September 2020

We welcome papers from Ph.D. students and early career researchers, as well as those studying a Master’s by Research, whose focus is Islamic archaeology and material culture in the broadest sense: we embrace a wide chronological range and geographical focus.

Deadline for abstracts: 22 August 2020. Information: https://www.islamicarchaeology.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

2. POSTPONED: Conference “Christian-Muslim Missionary Encounters, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries”, Mission and Modernity Research Academy (MiMoRA#3), Leuven, Belgium, 3-10 November 2020, Postponed until 1-3 February 2021

Themes: Reactions to Christian/Muslim missionary activities in the fields of education, literacy, health care, etc.; Space-settings of Christian/Muslim encounter-interaction; Muslim responses to (Western) Christian missions; The agency of Islamic activism in transforming the practices and thinking of Christian missionaries; Muslim responses to Christian interventions into Islamic religious practice; etc.

Information: https://kadoc.kuleuven.be/english/3_research/31_ourresearch/mimora

 

 

 

 

3. 5^th Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS): “Interrogating the Social Sciences in the Vortex of Crises: Waves of Discontent and Demands for Change”, Beirut, 21-23 May 2021

The conference is open to papers from all social science and allied disciplines and to scholars from the Arab region and the rest of the world. Applicants must hold at least an MA degree and be actively engaged in social science research. Papers may examine contemporary or historical phenomena. Comparative, cross-regional and global perspectives are particularly encouraged. The conference will be organized around the following four major axes: Inequality and Resistance; The State and Risk Society; Infrastructure and Survival; Global, Regional and National Ecologies.

Deadline for abstracts: 25 September 2020. Information: http://www.theacss.org/pages/fifth-conference

 

 

 

 

4. M.A. in Mediterranean Studies, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, 2020-2021

The MA is taught in English in partnership with the University of Bologna (Italy), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (France), Yaşar University (Turkey), Neapolis University of Pafos (Cyprus), and the Olympia Summer Academy.

Deadline for application: 31 August 2020. Information: https://pedis.uop.gr/?page_id=1949

 

 

 

 

5. Articles for New Open-access Peer-reviewed “Journal of Islamic Law”, Harvard Law School

Focusing on historical, comparative, and law and society approaches to Islamic law, we have a keen interest in featuring data science tools and primary sources that inform the scholarly analysis. The Journal welcomes long-form articles, essays, book reviews, and notes on cases and other new developments in the field.

Information: https://journalofislamiclaw.com/current

 

 

 

 

6. Articles on “Disinformation in the Middle East” for Special Issue oft he Journal “Open Information Science”, De Gruyter

We welcome studies that are focused on the empirical investigation of infodemics targeting the Middle East and/or originating from the region.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2020.

Information: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/6278732/disinformation-middle-east

 

 

 

 

7. Paid Articles on “The Influence of Covid-19 on the Already Vulnerable Rights and Freedoms in the MENA Region” for Special Issue of “Rowaq Arabi”

This issue aims to provide new research on the influence of the Cvid-19 pandemic on governance, freedoms and rights in the already troubled MENA region. How does Covid-19 crisis management in the region unfold the practical meaning and consequences of the interdependence and indivisibility of civil, political, economic and social rights? And to what extent can the realisation of civil and political rights contribute to the efficacy of states’ responses to the crisis?

Deadline for manuscripts: 31 August 2020. Information: https://rowaq.cihrs.org/call-for-contributions-the-influence-of-covid-19-on-the-already-vulnerable-rights-and-freedoms-in-the-mena-region/?lang=en

 

 

 

 

8. Religious Healing and Sacred Health Curing: Online Documentary Film Program and Debate (week 3)

 

Please join our third biweekly webinar (8 August 2020), documentary film presentation and debate organized by the Network of the Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia of EASA in collaboration with the Religion and Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University.

Introduction to the program by Dr. P. Khosronejad (Western Sydney University), debate by researcher and filmmaker Dr. Christian Suhr (Aarhus University), and discussant Dr. Paola Esposito (University of Oxford).

Film presentation 

Descending with Angels 

Christian Suhr, 2013, 75 minutes, Denmark.

Synopsis

Islamic exorcism or psychotropic medication? ”Descending with Angels” explores two highly different solutions to the same problem: namely Danish Muslims who are possessed by invisible spirits, called jinn.

A Palestinian refugee living in the city of Aarhus has been committed to psychiatric treatment after a severe case of jinn possession which caused him to destroy the interior of a mosque, crash several cars, and insult a number of people. He sees no point in psychotropic medication since his illness has already been treated with Quranic incantations. A psychiatrist and nurse try to understand his point of view but find that even further medication is needed. In the meantime a local imam battles a stubborn jinn-spirit of Iraqi origin and tries to explain the Muslims of Aarhus that they should stop worrying so much about jinn, magic, and other mundane affairs since nothing can harm anyone except by the permission of God.

The film compares two systems of treatment that despite vast differences both share a view of healing as operating through submission of faith to an external non-human agency — namely God or psychotropic medicine.

After the film, a debate with the presence of the filmmaker.

A link will be provided to all participants after the introduction debates to watch the film online or via screen sharing through the moderator’s screen.

This webinar will be held on Zoom.

Time 

August 8, 2020 10:00 AM London

Registration  

https://uws.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6XcISVSiTHSZpMl8n0jUGw

1.ASPIRANTUM is a language school based in Yerevan, Armenia.

We offer Persian language summer and winter schools every year.

In 2020 we were anticipating to have around 40 students but because of COVID our summer school 2020 in Yerevan was canceled. Instead we offered online courses to our prospective students.

We had 17 students for our first Persian language online summer school and the testimonials from the graduates of our first online school are already available here: https://aspirantum.com/testimonials.

From August 10 till August 28 we are organizing our second online Persian language summer school.

Please check this announcement for details and apply: https://aspirantum.com/courses/learn-persian-online

 

 

 

2. Society of Fellows, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College

These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. We are particularly interested in scholars whose research is innovative and transcends traditional disciplinary divides.  Applications will be accepted in the various fields of humanities, social sciences, sciences, interdisciplinary programs, engineering, business and medicine.

Eligibility

Applicants for the 2021 – 2024 Society Fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2019, and must have their degree in hand by June 30, 2021.  Selection criteria include exceptional and innovative research, ability to transcend disciplinary boundaries, and potential to contribute to an interdisciplinary community of scholars. Dartmouth is highly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive population of students, faculty, and staff. We are especially interested in applicants who are able to work effectively with fellows, faculty, students, and staff from all backgrounds, including but not limited to: racial and ethnic minorities, women, individuals who identify with LGBTQ+ communities, individuals with disabilities, individuals from lower income backgrounds, and/or first generation college graduates.

Application and process

Applications are accepted through Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/77464 and must be received on or before Monday, September 14, 2020, 11:59 PM EDT.

Full info at: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60244

 

 

 

3. The Hidden Life of Textiles in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Contexts and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Islamic, Latinate and Eastern Christian Worlds

Vryzidis (ed.), Brepols, 2020

http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503587738-1

 

 

 

4. Projects Assistant

The London School of Economics and Political Science

The LSE Middle East Centre drives LSE’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa and provides a central hub for the wide range of research on the region carried out at LSE. We are looking to hire a Projects Assistant to provide proactive and efficient administration support for various Middle East Centre projects on subjects including climate change in the GCC and gender in the Palestinian West Bank. The post holder will be an integral part of the Middle East Centre team and will be keen to contribute to Centre life and grow in their role.
Closing date for applications | 9 August 2020
Further information

 

 

 

5. Project Co-ordinator Brunel University London
Brunel University London is seeking to recruit a Project Co-Ordinator for an international interdisciplinary team with partners in the Africa, Middle East, South East Asia and the UK. This post is to support a funded project which explores the role of the arts in preventing and mitigating the impacts of violence and armed conflict. This is an exciting and creative role supporting a team of academics, artists, scholars, policy makers and advocates for the arts, and will involve project coordination and organisation, partnership management, website content design, research resource gathering and impact and evaluation.

Closing date for applications | 21 August 2020
Further information

 

 

 

 

6. Research Fellowship in the History and Culture of the Countries of the Silk Roads
King’s College, Cambridge

Through a generous donation, King’s College Cambridge is able to invite applications for a four-year Research Fellowship from those who are completing or have recently completed a doctorate and who intend to pursue a research project on some aspect of the Silk Road countries, societies, and cultures of Asia from the Western borders of China to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as their relationships with China in the East and Europe in the West, since 1400CE. The research project’s discipline may be, but is not limited to, politics, geography, anthropology, comparative literature, social/political aspects of economics, history and archaeology.
Closing date for applications | 4 September 2020
Further information

 

 

7. Call for book proposals – Disruptions

Edinburgh University Press
The Middle East is experiencing major political transformations, some of which continue from the Arab uprisings of 2011, which invite historical and comparative examinations. The first of its kind, Disruptions publishes studies on the origins, nature, and impact of the ideas, events (uprisings, revolutions, protests), and actors (ordinary people, activists, intellectuals, or leaders) that are now disrupting the social orders in the region.
The series focuses on the genesis, development, and outcomes of ongoing transformations, but is open for historical studies with still-relevant theoretical and comparative topics. Topics may include, but are not limited to: Violent/non-violent forms of political protest; genesis and development of social movements; revolutions; arts and politics; women, gender, LGBT, or labour movements; norm diffusion; digital activism; civil societies.
Further information

 

 

 

8. Call for Papers: “Women in revolt. Mobilizations, pathways, imaginations – the Arab Mediterranean 1950-2020”

Univ. Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne | 10-12 February 2021
The ERC Dream programme seeks your contributions for a three-dayconference dedicated to women in revolt in the Arab Mediterranean world (1950s to the present). In the framework of the research undertaken on revolts and revolutions, Dream focuses its investigations on the protagonists who are the most invisible inthe human and social sciences and in collective memory. While much work has been devoted in recent decades to the place of women in societies and in struggles (Bereni, Révillard, 2001; Kréfa et Barrières, 2018), it is clear that the figure of the revolted or revolutionary woman has more recently been forcefully renewed by women’s voices in the context of the Arab Spring of 2011 and the new uprisings in Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon and Iraq.
Deadline | 1 September 2020
Further information

 

 

 

9. Call for Abstracts on men and masculinities for a potential special issue, Guest editor: Dr. Çimen Günay-Erkol

Middle Eastern Literatures
MEL (Middle Eastern Literatures) is willing to consider a potential special issue on men and masculinities to discuss the changing social construction of masculinities in Middle Eastern literatures, and to elaborate on how literature as a field can contribute to the theorization of masculinities. This special issue is intended to explore masculinities as dynamic and multifaceted phenomena emerging within contradictory cultural, material and discursive contexts of the Middle East. The aim is to locate and dislocate masculinities, along the line of thought presented by Andrea Cornwall and Nancy Lindisfarne in Dislocating Masculinity (1994). Cornwall and Lindisfarne punctuated the importance of considering the various ways people understand masculinities in particular settings, so that it becomes possible to explore how masculinities are defined and redefined in social interaction.
Deadline | 30 September 2020
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10. Call for Papers: “Challenging Orientalism: New questions of perception and reception”

Proposals are invited for the above panel which is will take place at the Association for Art History’s Annual Conference in 2021. Western visual culture has long depicted themes of Orientalism in paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and films. Since Linda Nochlin applied Edward Said’s theory to paintings in 1983, these works have occupied a complex and often uncomfortable place in Western art history. Nevertheless, Orientalist artworks continue to present their dissonant character, as simultaneously crowd-pleasing favourites and critically discounted works. This session seeks to enlarge a contested field of art historical study by inviting submissions that re-evaluate its historiography, offer novel studies of Orientalist art from the 19th century to the modern day, and examine contemporary practices around its display and reception.
Deadline | 19 October 2020
Further information

 

 

 

11. Establishment of the Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian Studies at UC Irvine
https://news.uci.edu/2020/07/29/massiah-foundation-challenge-gift-to-fund-uci-chair-in-zoroastrian-studies/

 

 

 

 

12. Open Access Newspaper Archive – Persian Periodicals (Digitization Project “Translatio”)

https://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2020/07/open-access-newspaper-archive-persian.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccessToMideastAndIslamicResourcesamir+%28Access+to+Mideast+and+Islamic+Resources+%28AMIR%29%29

 

1.Open Access Newspaper Archive: Lebanon

https://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2020/07/open-access-newspaper-archive-lebanon.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccessToMideastAndIslamicResourcesamir+%28Access+to+Mideast+and+Islamic+Resources+%28AMIR%29%29

 

 

 

 

2. Virtual AGYA Workshop “Media Representations of Law and Justice: Middle Eastern Perspectives”, 19-21 August 2020, 2:00 – 5:30 pm CEST

Scholars from different regional sites, including Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, and Turkey, will present and discuss they research on legal dramas and movies with experts from law, media and communication studies, as well as Middle Easter Studies.

The workshop is open to a limited number of engaged listeners. For further information, program and registration until 10 August see https://tinyurl.com/y2c9wou3

 

 

 

 

3. One‐day Workshop:” HTRising Ottoman Manuscripts”, Institut für Orientalistik, University of Vienna, 18 December 2020

The workshop aims to discuss the possibilities of automatic text recognition for Ottoman manuscripts. The workshop intends to present the first findings of working with the tool Transkribus (transkribus.eu) and further discuss other tools as well as the potentials and challenges of HTRising Ottoman manuscripts.

Deadline for submissions: 15 September 2020. Information: https://orientalistik.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/detailansicht-artikel/news/call-for-applications/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=76f7252190c4b22eb9d17ff3377a9c28

 

 

 

 

4. 2^nd Biennial Symposium “Connectivity Across Borders: Global Borderlands in Historical & Modern Perspective”, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, 26-27 March 2021

We welcome proposals dealing with the role of borders and borderlands in shaping global narratives of connectivity across time and place.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/04/23/cfp-global-borders-borderlands-symposium

 

 

 

 

5. POSTPONED: Panels on “Materiality of Languages: Epigraphy, Manuscripts, and Writing Systems in Byzantium and Early Islamic Near East (324-1204)“ during the 56^th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 13-16 May 2021 – Postponed until 2022

In this period, the Eastern Mediterranean witnessed greater linguistic transformations that affected the entire regions and cultures, including their popular and elite levels. The purpose of the sessions is to examine whether this situation led to consolidating associative links between certain languages and particular types, methods, and styles of writing regarded as their “proper” or “preferred” mediums; and to what extent modern scholars can detect these links today, studying epigraphy, manuscripts, and writing systems.

Information: https://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-materiality-of-languages-byzantium-and-early-islamic-near-east-324-1204-13-16-may-kalamazoo?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

 

6. Postdoc Assistant Lectureship in Middle Eastern Studies in Social Anthropology, Social or Political Sciences (Tenure Track), Institute for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Bern

Prerequisites for application are a completed PhD and a promising research project aiming for a habilitation. Applicants should have excellent abilities in at least one Middle Eastern language, be engaged in innovative research and be prepared to cooperate with representatives of other disciplines and institutions.

Deadline for applications: 16 August 2020. Information: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jobs/1822ed5f-52a8-41ca-8028-4e6705927685

 

 

 

 

7. Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies (Grade 7), School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds

Qualification: A PhD in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, International Relations or other relevant discipline with a Middle East focus; track record of producing research outputs of internationally excellent quality, including as single or main author of recent refereed publications; competency in Arabic, Persian or Turkish; etc.

Deadline for applications: 15 August 2020.

Information: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=AHCLC1119

 

 

 

 

8. Full-time Arabic Instructor, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Minnesota

Preferred qualifications: Experience teaching intensive language courses; ability to teach vernacular Arabic courses in addition to Modern Standard Arabic; demonstrated commitment to materials and course development, innovative teaching methods, integration of culture into the curriculum, and mentoring students.

Deadline for applications: 3 August 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/07/23/full-time-arabic-instructor

 

 

 

 

9. Up to 12 Scholarships from the MESA Global Academy for Displaced Scholars from the MENA Region Currently Located in North America

Applicants must 1) hold a PhD in social sciences or humanities; 2) have been primarily affiliated with an institution in the MENA region prior to displacement; and 3) have a publication record indicating scholarly productivity (in English, French, their native MENA language).

Deadline for application: 7 August 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/advocacy/2020/07/08/global-academy-scholarship

 

 

 

 

10. Three Post-Doctoral Fellowships for 2021-2024, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Princeton University, New Jersey

Applications are invited for two Open Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences and one Fellowship in Humanistic Studies.

Deadline for applications: 4 August 2020. Information: https://sf.princeton.edu/about-us/news/call-applications-postdoctoral-fellowships-2021-24

 

 

 

 

11. Online Graduate Student Writing Workshop of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), 7 November 2020

Doctoral or Master candidates will present, discuss, and receive valuable feedback on work related to North Africa. Accepted applicants will circulate an abstract of their project, a primary source of approximately 3-5 pages or 5-10 minutes, and a brief analysis of their primary source, raising questions or challenges to be discussed with the group.

Deadline for submissions: 1 August 2020. Information: https://aimsnorthafrica.org/annual-dissertation-workshop/

 

 

 

 

12. Studies and Observation for Online Collection of on “Corona Crisis: Local Perspectives of a Global Challenge”, Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)

Scholars engaged in studies on the Middle East, North Africa and the Muslim world are invited to publish their thoughts, observations, and first reports on the impact of this crisis.

Further information: https://www.zmo.de/en/knowledgetransfer/corona-experiences

 

 

 

 

13. Articles for “Diyâr. Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies“

Diyâr is a new, interdisciplinary and interregional academic journal concerned with research on Turkey, the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus. We accept articles of a variety of research topics and areas in the field of the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences written in German, English, and French.

Deadline for articles: 15 March 2021. Information: https://www.diyar.nomos.de/index.php?id=7418&L=1

 

 

 

14. Call for chapters: Marriage and Forced Migration: New Understandings of Conjugal Relationships in the Middle East and North Africa

• Edited by: Yafa Shanneik, Mulki al-Sharmani and Farah Al Taji

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has experienced, since the beginning of the 21^st century, large-scale forced movement of populations who fled wars in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. The absorption of millions of these refugees, including (un)recognised asylum seekers, in neighbouring countries creates a number of significant socio-economic and political challenges. This massive forced population movement also resulted in ruptures of traditional understandings of family structures and gender roles defined by religio-cultural norms and values of both new-comers and of receiving societies.

This edited volume seeks to analyse conjugal relationships and matrimonial practices (marriage and divorce) as they are being debated and developed in theory and practice in the MENA region. We aim to explore to what extent the conflict- and crises-induced displacement of people contribute to the emergence of new understandings of family structures and relationships and their wider religious and socio-economic context. While there is a growing body of research on gender and sexuality in the MENA region and legislative or judicial approaches towards questions of Islamic family law, fewer studies have given attention to the impact of the significant refugee flows on the emergence of new conjugal relationship norms and practices in the MENA region.

Deadline for abstract submission: 15 September 2020

Abstracts of 300-500 words need to specify the empirical research and/or methodological and conceptual discussions the chapter is based on and the broader questions addressed. We also need a short bio of up to 200 words. The abstract and the bio need to be sent as one email attachment in MS Word format to Yafa Shanneik: y.shanneik@bham.ac.uk  with ‘abstract and bio’ and your last name in the subject heading.

Further information at:

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/news/2020/marriage-and-forced-migration.aspx

 

 

 

 

15. Open Access Newspaper Archive: Syria

https://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2020/07/open-access-newspaper-archive-syria.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccessToMideastAndIslamicResourcesamir+%28Access+to+Mideast+and+Islamic+Resources+%28AMIR%29%29

 

 

1. Instructional Professor (open rank) in Persian
The University of Chicago: Humanities Division: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Location:     Chicago, IL

Open Date: Jul 22, 2020

Deadline:    Aug 24, 2020 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the College of the University of Chicago invite applications for appointment to a one-year open-rank position as Instructional Professor in modern Persian. Start date of the appointment will be September 1, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. Appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant Instructional Professor, Associate Instructional Professor, or Instructional Professor, depending on qualifications and educational background. This is a non-renewable, one-year appointment to fill an immediate curricular need.

Responsibilities include both teaching and service duties. Teaching consists of six courses in Persian language across three quarters, both elementary and intermediate, as well as a seventh topical Advanced Persian course (Persian of the Media, Persian Literature, Iranian History, etc.). Service duties may include assistance with student placement, programmatic assessment, coordination of the Persian Language Circle, Conversation Table, or other program-specific duties. Instructional Professors of all ranks are required to engage in regular professional development.

Qualifications

Applicants should demonstrate previous language teaching experience at the college or post-secondary level. An M.A. degree or equivalent is required. Candidates with specialized training in second language acquisition, second language pedagogy, and/or assessment are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants must demonstrate sufficient language proficiency for teaching Persian in a university context, e.g. through an ACTFL-certified result at the Superior level or higher, or through receipt of an advanced degree earned in a Persian-language context.

Application Instructions

To apply for this position, please submit your application through the University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment website at http://apply.interfolio.com/77441. An application must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, one sample syllabus for elementary or intermediate Persian, and the names and contact information of three potential recommenders. Shortlisted candidates may be asked to submit a video demonstrating classroom teaching,

Application deadline: All applicant materials must be received by August 24, 2020 at 11pm central time.

This position is contingent upon budgetary approval. The terms and conditions of employment for this position are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and the Service Employees International Union. For information on the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, please go to https://nelc.uchicago.edu. For questions about the position, please contact Amanda Young at amanday@uchicago.edu.

 

 

 

2. Graveyard of Clerics: Everyday Activism in Saudi Arabia,

<https://t.e2ma.net/click/kbg5yc/07bopb/c1yalm>/

Pascal Menoret, Stanford University Press, 2020.

 

 

 

3. Islamic Manuscript Basics
This site holds basic information and resources relating to the study of Islamic manuscripts. If you are new to thinking about the material aspects of Islamic manuscripts or are simply curious and want to know more, then this site is for you!

Organization

There are 7 content pages: Basics, Binding, Substrate, Layout, Scripts, Decoration, Notes.

At the bottom of each page (except Notes) is a link to a short exercise that will let you test your knowledge. You can also access any of the exercises from the Exercises page.

Finally, the Glossary page has photos of additional aspects of manuscripts that may be of use to you, the References page has a short bibliography which will help you get started on further research, and the SIMS Resources page has explanations of tools and resources at The Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies which may be of use to you.

Things to Know

As you work through these pages, keep in mind that manuscript making was a team effort and included papermakers, scribes, and binders at the very least. Fancy, or deluxe, manuscript production would also include (teams of) illustrators and illuminators.

You can find digital collections of Islamic manuscripts used on this website in OPenn, which hosts over 500 open-access, high-resolution digitized Islamic manuscripts from Philadelphia area collections and Columbia University. All images on this site are open access under Creative Commons licenses and have been taken from OPenn, unless otherwise stated.

Where to Start

If you are unfamiliar with Perso-Arabic script, please start with the Basics page, if you are familiar with it, then choose any other page to begin. We recommend beginning with Binding and working your way through the pages in order.

Happy learning.

 

 

 

4. SINARC, the Arabic language and culture program at the Lebanese American University (LAU), offers intensive courses in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and the Levantine dialect at all levels. The program’s unique success is underpinned by academic rigor, cultural immersion and personalized attention.

Study Arabic Online is a new SINARC program that simulates a classroom setting using all the latest tools for effective virtual language acquisition. The program provides a number of credit-based and non-credit based course options on various levels for students interested in Arabic as a second language only and not toward earning a degree at LAU. All courses are organized and divided according to ACTFL standards and are delivered using various online learning platforms.

Registration for the 8-week Online Program (October 5–November 27, 2020) is open. For more details, check our website.

Register online by September 28

 

 

 

5. SOAS Racialisation of Islam lecture series

The final two lectures in the Racialisation of Islam lecture series will take place on:

1. Monday 27th July, 6-8pm, via zoom.
2. Monday 24th August, 6-8pm, via zoom.

To register, please click here.

 

 

 

 

6. Open Access – Iraqi Newspapers

https://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2020/07/open-access-newspaper-archive-iraqi.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AccessToMideastAndIslamicResourcesamir+%28Access+to+Mideast+and+Islamic+Resources+%28AMIR%29%29

 

See also: Alphabetical List of Open Access Historical Newspapers and Other Periodicals in Middle East & Islamic Studies

 

 

 

 

7. Jean Aubin (ed. Denise Aigle): Études sur l’Iran médiéval: géographie historique et société. (Studia Iranica. Cahier 60.) 365 pp. Paris: Association pour l’avancement des études iraniennes, 2018. ISBN 978 2 910640 46 0. https://www.orient-mediterranee.com/spip.php?article3490&lang=fr

 

1.The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian

ISBN 9781138333055

July 16, 2020 by Routledge

660 Pages – 62 B/W Illustrations

 

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian offers a detailed overview of the field of Persian second language acquisition and pedagogy. The Handbook discusses its development and captures critical accounts of cutting edge research within the major subfields of Persian second language acquisition and pedagogy, as well as current debates and problems, and goes on to suggest productive lines of future research.

The book is divided into the following four parts: I) Theory-driven research on second language acquisition of Persian, II) Language skills in second language acquisition of Persian, III) Classroom research in second language acquisition and pedagogy  of Persian, and IV) Social aspects of second language acquisition and pedagogy of Persian.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy of Persian is an essential reference for scholars and students of Persian SLA and pedagogy as well as those researching in related areas.

 

 

 

 

2. CHANGED TO VIRTUAL EVENT: 54^th Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington DC, 5-17 October 2020

The original meeting days of 10-13 October 2020 are reserved for MESA plenary events such as the presidential panel and awards ceremony, as well as some late-breaking sessions. The preliminary program is available at https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/program. Details on registering for the virtual conference will be posted soon.

 

 

 

 

3. 3^rd “International Conference on Advanced Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICARSH)”, (Including MENA Studies), Stockholm, 9-11 October 2020

The event is designed for members of the academia and non-profit, public, and private sector members who are interested in the latest research and academic developments in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities, including Middle Eastern History, Religion, Political Relations, Sociology, Anthropology, Law & Politics, etc.

Deadline for submission of papers: 14 September 2020. Information: https://www.icarsh.org/

 

 

 

 

4. POSTPONED: International Conference: “Musical Sources and Theories from Ancient Greece to the Ottoman Period”, Ruhr-University Bochum, 19-23 November 2020. New Date: 10-12 June 2021

Papers will focus on Arabic, Persian and Byzantine music theory, instruments and ways of transmission, with their roots in Ancient Greece and an outlook onto Ottoman and Safavid music. Call for Papers closed. Guests are welcome!

Information: https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/orient/aktuelles/index.html

 

 

 

 

5. 3^rd “International Conference on Research in Social Sciences (RSSCONF)”, (Including MENA Studies), Dublin, 27-29 November 2020

Research in Social Sciences is a leading conference in politics, humanities, communications, law, education, and other areas of social sciences, including Middle Eastern History, Religion, Political Relations, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication, Geography, Arts, Law & Politics, etc.

Deadline for submission of papers: 31 October 2020. Information: https://www.rssconf.org/

 

 

 

 

6. Colloque international : « Les représentations paysagères dans les littératures du monde arabe et du Proche-Orient » — Inalco (Paris), 30 novembre et 1 décembre 2020

Ce colloque a donc pour ambition de rassembler des chercheurs en littérature arabe mais également en littérature hébraïque, persane et turque d’époque médiévale et moderne autour. Langues de communication : français, arabe, anglais.

Information: http://www.inalco.fr/actualite/colloque-international-representations-paysageres-litteratures-monde-arabe-proche-orient

 

 

 

 

7. Conférence internationale « Islam et Pudeur », Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique, 3-4 décembre 2020

La conférence se centrera sur le thème de la pudeur (hayâ’) dans l’Islam, ses conceptions, ses réceptions et ses perceptions dans le monde musulman et le monde occidental. Comment comprendre les tensions majeures qui surviennent aujourd’hui sans une compréhension plus précise et mieux ancrée de la tradition islamique et de ses contextes?

Information: Dr. Ayang Utriza Yakin ayang.walad@uclouvain.be

 

 

 

 

8. 3^rd ANU Religion Conference: “Religion and Migration: Culture and Policy”, Australian National University, Canberra, 8-10 December 2020

Forms of human movement including global immigration, asylum-seeking, climate migration, and the internal migration accompanying mass urbanisation, have radically altered religious cultures around the world, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this conference is to explore the various phenomena related to religion and migration; the political and social transitions impacting upon the transnational religiosity of contemporary communities.

Information: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/religion-and-migration-culture-and-policy-0

 

 

 

 

9. Postdoctoral Researcher in Religion and Extremism, University of Groningen

Qualification: A PhD from a relevant field, including Theology, Religious Studies, Political Science and International Relations, Security Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020.

Information: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0007TIP

 

 

 

 

10. Fully Funded European Research Council (ERC) Collaborative PhD Studentship “The European Qu’ran”, in Collaboration with the University of Copenhagen and the British Library, London

The PhD studentship is fully funded and embedded in the six-year international research project “The European Qur’an: Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion (1150-1850)” (EuQu). The project studies the ways in which the Islamic Holy Book is embedded in the intellectual, religious and cultural history of Medieval and Early Modern Christians, European Jews, freethinkers, atheists and European Muslims.

Deadline for application: 15 September 2020. Information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAQ489/fully-funded-european-research-council-erc-collaborative-phd-studentship-the-european-quran-in-collaboration-with-the-university-of-copenhagen-and-the-british-library-london?uuid=664a07cb-c57e-11ea-8705-064da8edb92a&campaign=jbew20200714&source=jbe

 

 

 

 

11. Doctoral Scholarship in the Research Project “Historicity of Democracy in the Arab World”, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Amman,

The profile sought is that of a doctoral student at the start of his/her dissertation, working on the theme of the historicity of democracy in the Middle East from a historical, sociological, anthropological or political science perspective. Excellent language skills in Arabic and English are required. Knowledge of German or French is valued.

Deadline for applications extended to 31 August 2020. Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/ZMO_PhD_Amman_English_updated.pdf

 

 

 

 

12. Assistant Director of the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), Amman

Candidates with a post-graduate degree and professional experience in Middle East/North Africa studies are preferred. This could include cultural anthropology, sociology, history, MENA studies, political science, archaeology, ancient or modern languages, etc. A working knowledge of Arabic is useful, and English speaking/writing fluency is required.

Deadline for applications: 8 August 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/07/15/assistant-director-in-amman

 

 

 

 

13. Humanities Research Fellowships for the Study of the Arab World, NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute

Distinguished scholars with an established reputation and promising scholars who are at the beginning of their career can apply for a research fellowship. The program awards one-year senior fellowships and one- / two-year postdoctoral fellowships.

Deadline for application: 1 October 2020. Information: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/research/centers-labs-and-projects/humanities-research-fellowship-program.html

 

 

 

 

14. Proposals for Research Groups 2022/23 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), University of Bielefeld

Do you have an exceptional interdisciplinary research idea? Do you want to join forces with international colleagues from various disciplines? The ZiF provides funding (up to 500,000 € for a research group with a duration of 10 months), support by a research group coordinator, and a professional infrastructure.

Deadline for proposals: 1 October 2020.

Information:  https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/ZiF/Aktuell/Call_for_Project_Proposals.pdf

 

 

 

 

15. Research Grant for Omani Studies at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin for 3 Months

We are seeking an outstanding postdoctoral scholar who is engaged in Omani Studies. The Grant is sponsored by the Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science and comprises funding for a research stay, starting in late 2020 or in 2021 at ZMO, as well as travel costs to Berlin.

Deadline for applications: 10 September 2020.

Information: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/CfP/CfP_TheOmanResearchGrant_ZMO.pdf

 

 

 

 

16. Articles on “Governing and Living Amid COVID-19 in the MENA” for Special Issue of the Jounal “Middle East Law and Governance”

This special issue will take a broad look at how the MENA – the state, governments, and societies of the region — are governing and/or living amid COVID-19. It encourages papers from a wide range of disciplines and methodological approaches in the social sciences and humanities.

Deadline for manuscripts: 1 December 2020. Information: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/melg-overview.xml?contents=editorialContent-17621

 

 

 

17. Articles on Islam in the Widest Sense for Journal „Waikato Islamic Studies Review“, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Submissions are invited on any topic or theme, including religion, philosophy, history, politics, sociology, culture, and law, within the broad field of studies on Islam and Muslim societies.

Information and past Journals: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/UWISG/review.shtml

 

 

 

 

18. Articles on “Children and Political Agency: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from the Middle East” for Special Issue of “International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES)”

We seek original historical and empirical case studies delineating the political subjectivity and agency of children in the Middle East, North Africa, Muslim South East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Our definition of political agency does not only include participation in social, political and revolutionary movements or institutional political processes. From a methodological point of view, we prioritize children’s perspectives within their socio-political and cultural contexts, and thus doing research with children, not about or on children.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2020.

Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/06/17/cfp-ijmes-special-issue

 

 

 

19. New “Digital Library of the Middle East Platform (DLME)” by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Stanford Libraries

DLME aims to become one of the world’s largest online archives of MENA artifacts. It aggregates 127,443 digital records of published materials, documents, maps, artifacts, audiovisual recordings, and more from the MENA region. It also provides an array of applications, tools, and descriptions that enrich the content and facilitate browsing, search, and interpretation. The DLME is intended to serve as a resource for teachers, students, and researchers, as well as for the general public.

Information: https://dlmenetwork.org/library

 

 

 

20. Proceedings of the 11^th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Volume 2: Field Reports, ed. by Adelheid Otto, Michael Herles and Kai Kaniuth; Islamic Archaeology, ed. by Lorenz Korn and Anja Heidenreich. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag 2020, ISBN 978-3-447-11367-0

The majority of the volume contains papers given in the section on “Field Reports” at the XIth ICAANE in Munich 2018. Besides, it gathers fifteen out of thirty-six papers given in the section on “Islamic Archaeology”, demonstrating that the Islamic period, while touching the fringe of modernity, has become a firm part of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East and that, in the reality of archaeological fieldwork, the periods before and after the Arab-Islamic conquests have become inextricably connected.

https://networks.h-net.org/node/7636/discussions/6269005/new-publication-proceedings-11th-international-congress

 

 

 

21. Podcasts organized by the French Institute of the Near East (IFPO):

Une histoire des épidemies au Proche et Moyen Orient” (A History of Epidemics in the Near and Middle East)

Have epidemics changed the history of the Near and Middle East? How did societies from this region react to this phenomenon? This serie of podcasts wants to look back at the history of epidemics in a region which has been regularly affected during the past, relying on the work of historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and philosophers.

Episodes are mostly in French, but do not miss episode #4 in English (with Lara Meneghini): “The Black Death: Venice and the Creation of the Lazzaretto”, which discusses about how the city of Venice, leader of the Mediterranean trade during the Middle Ages and Early Modern History, reacted to the threat of the plague in order to guarantee its economic interests in the Eastern Mediterranean. Lara Meneghini discusses about the creation of the lazzaretti and their role in preventing the spread of epidemics. Through an historical and archaeological perspective, she presents the material evidence of these quarantine structures and of the passage of goods and merchants coming from the Near and Middle East.

https://www.ifporient.org/a-history-of-epidemics-in-the-near-and-middle-east/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ypBvwGG2o&t=1s

 

1.We are delighted to announce the launch of the report from our AHRC funded Re/presenting Narratives of Islam on Campus.

This AHRC-funded research Re/presenting Narratives of Islam on Campus provides the first nationwide picture of how Islam is experienced, perceived and interacted with on university campuses in the UK. This research shows how the UK Government’s counterterrorism Prevent strategy has reinforced negative stereotypes of Muslims and has encouraged ‘a culture of mutual suspicion and surveillance’ on university campuses. Based on findings from a national survey of 2,022 students across 132 UK universities and interviews and focus groups conducted with 253 staff and students at six higher education institutions, we recommend that universities take an active role in building peaceful relations on campus and beyond. This can be achieved through active challenge of prejudice and empowering Muslim and all marginal voices. As discussed in the forthcoming book, suspicion and negative stereotypes need to be replaced with shared, equal and just understandings of who we all are. To read the full report – https://www.soas.ac.uk/representingislamoncampus/publications/file148310.pdf

 

The research has been covered favourably in the media:

Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/14/prevent-doesnt-stop-students-being-radicalised-it-just-reinforces-islamophobia

Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/13/prevent-counter-terrorism-strategy-harming-free-speech-university/

Times Higher: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/prevent-reinforces-negative-views-islam-among-students-uk

Open Democracy: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/limits-inclusivity-islamophobia-higher-education/

Research Professional: https://www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/he/agencies/other/2020/7/Prevent-duty–discouraging-free-speech–in-universities.html

 

 

 

2. MIDDLE EAST HISTORY / STUDIES

Darmstadt University of Technology – Postdoc Researcher: Global History of Material Culture and Technology, 1850-2000
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60214

Closing date: 8/21/20

 

 

 

3. Layli and Majnun

By Nezami Ganjavi,

Translated by Dick Davis

Mage, 2020

‘ Dick Davis is an accomplished poet and scholar; he is also the finest translator of Persian poetry. With Layli and Majnun, he brings Nezami’s classic to life for the first time in brilliant and moving English verse that captures all the extraordinary power and ingenuity of the original poem. Meanwhile, an introduction and copious explanatory notes shed a fascinating light on Nezami’s life and work, and the astonishing virtuosity of his poetic style, that help set the stage for the reader’s enjoyment of this tour de force of Persian literature.’

https://magepublishers.com/layli-majnun/

 

 

 

 

4. The Iranian-American Diaspora and The Black Lives Matter Movement Webinar – Wed., July 22, 2020, 4-5 pm PST

Speakers:
Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University
Dr. Ali Akbar Mahdi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Touraj Daryaee, Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies and Professor of History at University of California, Irvine

Moderated by:
Dr. Annahita Mahdavi, Associate Professor, Social Sciences Dept., Long Beach City College

 

This event is presented by UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture.

Zoom Registration at:

https://ucihumanities.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zQ6j2PhKRVa2vkYJpuJvkA

We expect this online event to exceed the maximum capacity for attendees. If you are unable to join the Zoom webinar, you may also view this event LIVE on UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/samueljordancenter )

 

 

 

 

5. We warmly invite you to join Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia network meeting, which will take place online on Monday July 20th, 2020; 11.00 – 13.00 (Lisbon time, GMT+1).

 

Here are the technical instructions on how to access our network meeting provided by organisers:

 

“Anyone interested can use that link to RSVP. They enter their name, email, institution and an hour before the meeting they’ll receive an automated email reminding them to login. From 59 minutes before the meeting begins, that same URL changes from being an RSVP to direct entry into the meeting.”

 

https://shindig.com/login/event/easanet-acme

 

The meeting will be an opportunity to hear an overview of AMCE’s activities since last EASA conference including our journal, film program and social media activities. We will also discuss our future plans, including new structure of our journal.

 

AMCE was established in 2010 as one of the active networks of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) with the aim of getting together all like-minded and interested anthropologists, students and researchers of social science working on a diversity of aspects of modern and contemporary societies in the Middle East and Central Eurasia, including those who work on minority groups, or on religious themes.

 

The recent long wars and increasing political, religious, and ethnic clashes in the different regions of the Middle East and Central Eurasia, signal that more geopolitical changes in these regions are forthcoming. Under such present conditions of conflict and transformation, anthropologists have plenty of work to do, and may yet contribute to a better understanding of complex problems and their resolution.

 

All are welcome to join us.

 

Dr. Pedram Khosronejad | Adjunct Professor

Religion and Society Research Cluster | School of Social Sciences

E: P.Khosronejad@westernsydney.edu.au

 

 

 

6. The Great Lakes Adiban Society (GLAS) invites submissions for its fourth annual workshop, scheduled to take place online on September 5–6, 2020, from 9:00–1:30 EDT (with breaks).

The primary purpose of this gathering is to share work in progress for critique and feedback, rather than to present work that is already finalized or published. Graduate students and first-time participants are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants will have the option of presenting their projects as either a ‘lightning talk’ of 5 minutes (with 15 minutes for discussion), or as an in-depth presentation of 20 minutes (with 30 minutes for discussion). In either case, we encourage you to privilege the conceptual issues you wish to discuss, and to be provocative with respect to your topics, discipline, and methodology. This could include projects that use non-traditional sources, employ digital humanities approaches, or foreground collaborative practices in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on research into Islamicate literatures. We are expressly mindful of the fact that our time together is most valuable when it involves exchange and argumentation; for that reason, we also ask that participants commit to attending the full duration of the workshop.

If interested, please fill out our online application by August 7, 2020. Please be aware that we have a limited number of slots available, and may not be able to accept every application. If this happens, however, you are still welcome to participate in the workshop as an audience member. A link to register as an audience member will be circulated in mid-August, along with the finalized schedule.

About us: GLAS aims to provide a regional forum for scholars of Islamicate adab, particularly of the medieval and early modern periods, primarily based in the Great Lakes region of North America, to meet and share their work. We leave our parameters of language and genre intentionally open in order to invite as wide a collaboration as can be useful, but as a group we are generally interested in the literary production of the broad complex of premodern Muslim societies across the Eastern Hemisphere. This naturally includes the major Islamicate languages of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu, as well as many others (Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, Spanish, etc.) that participate in similar literary conventions. We consider this comparative angle an essential part of our scholarly work. For more about GLAS and the work we have done in the past, please visit https://greatlakesadiban.github.io/; if you have any questions, you can email Cameron Cross at kchalipa [ at ] umich [ dot ] edu.

 

 

1.Call for Papers

The Indo-Persian Musical Confluence

A program of online events held by the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Ethnomusicology, Summer 2020 – Winter 2021

 

Deadline for submissions is August 31, 2020 (We may accommodate proposals that arrive
after the deadline if possible)
Submission format:
We welcome a variety of formats suitable for online delivery, including
• Individual panels, maximum 2 hours total
• Individual talks
• Performances
• Film screenings, with an introductory talk
Abstracts for submissions should be no longer than 250 words and should be sent to
mohammadim@hotmail.com by August 31, 2020. (We may accommodate proposals that arrive after the deadline if possible). Notification of acceptance to the conference will be sent in September 2020.

For details and questions related to the conference please contact Mohsen Mohammadi at mohammadim@hotmail.com
English language must be used.

 

 

 

2. Webinar: “Freiburg Conversations on Tafsir and Transregional Islamic Networks”, Orientalisches Seminar, University of Freiburg, Summer 2020, Next Meeting 15 July 2020, 10 a.m. CEST

The sessions are hosted by Majid Daneshgar and Johanna Pink.

For information about the program and registration for the meetings see http://www.orient.uni-freiburg.de/islamwissenschaft/konferenzen-vortraege/freiburg-conversations-summer-2020

 

 

 

 

3. Symposium: “Ottoman Ego-Documents”, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 7-9 April 2021

The symposium will be in English and Turkish. The texts belonging to pre-Tanzimat period are particularly advised to present. The primary sources used in the presentations can be in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian or any other languages spoken/written in Ottoman territories. The main focus would be on the texts written in Ottoman Turkish.

Deadline for abstracts extended until 31 July 2020.

Information: https://benanlatilari.medeniyet.edu.tr/en/symposium/home-page-sempozyum

 

 

 

 

4. 14^th Annual Conference: “Global Islamophobia and the News Media, Entertainment Media, and Social Media“, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 8-9 April 2021

Panelists from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds — including, computer science, sociology, anthropology, religious studies, political science, communication, media studies, and psychology — are invited to present their research on Islamophobia in the news media, entertainment media, and on social media.

Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2020. Information: https://mesana.org/resources-and-opportunities/2020/07/08/global-islamophobia-and-the-news-media-entertainment-media-and-social-media

 

 

 

 

5. FSCIRE Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research on “The ribā in Classical Islamic Thought: Theology, Economic Thought and Practices“, Bologna

Candidates may apply for the position of Junior Research Fellow (1 year, renewable once). Applicants must have obtained their doctorate after 15 June 2015. The successful candidate will sign a research contract with an annual gross salary of € 23,500.

Deadline for applications: 25 July 2020. Information: http://www.fscire.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fscire_Fellowship_Postdoc_2020_Islam.pdf

 

 

 

 

6. Post-doctoral Fellowship for Research on “Occult Beliefs and Practices in the Ottoman Empire before the Tanzimat“, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Rethymno, Crete, Greece

Candidates must hold a PhD degree in Ottoman history or literature, and have a strong interest in the topic of occult sciences, practices and beliefs in the Ottoman Empire. The position will start on 1^st November 2020 at the earliest or upon agreement. Applicants should read fluently Turkish and English; knowledge of other major languages (French, German) will be appreciated.

Deadline for applications: 31 August 2020.

Information: https://ims.forth.gr/uploads/docs/CALL/IMS.20200703_32804_EN.p

 

 

 

 

7. Chercheur.euse au sein du Département des études arabes, médiévales et modernes (DEAMM), Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Beyrouth

Activités principales : Développer un programme de recherche impliquant un travail de terrain et s’inscrivant dans l’un des axes de recherche du centre dans le domaine des études arabes classiques et modernes (littérature, linguistique, histoire, civilisation, philosophie, productions culturelles).

Date limite de candidature : 23/08/2020.

Information : https://www.ifporient.org/appel-a-candidature-chercheuse-chercheur-deamm/

 

 

 

8. Directeur.trice scientifique du Département des études contemporaines (DEC), Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Beyrouth

Activités principales : proposer une stratégie de département ; diriger une équipe de chercheurs ; initier des programmes de recherche ; accompagner le pilotage de l’Observatoire urbain du Proche-Orient, etc.

Date limite de candidature : 23/08/2020.

Information : https://www.ifporient.org/appel-a-candidature-directeur-trice-scientifique-dec/

 

 

 

 

9. Directeur.trice de l’Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo), Beyrouth

Description synthétique du poste : Piloter, organiser, gérer un centre de recherche en SHS à l’étranger (UMIFRE), à vocation régionale. Initier et coordonner l’élaboration et la mise en oeuvre de projets individuels et collectifs de recherche en SHS.

Date limite de candidature : 23/08/2020.

Information : https://www.ifporient.org/appel-a-candidature-directrice-directeur-ifpo/

 

 

 

 

10. Fellowships for Research about Oman, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, Muscat

The fellowship is open to PhD candidates and university academics who are US citizens or affiliated with an American university, and funds one scholar or team of scholars to carry out research in Oman each year. The fellowship awards up to $51,000 for the fellow or team of fellows.

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2020.

Information: https://www.sqcc.org/Scholarships-0024-Fellowships/Research-Fellowship-Program.aspx

 

 

 

 

11. Covid-19 et mondes arabes et musulmans : une veille d’articles, vidéos, podcasts, séminaires en ligne, appels et autres initiatives

Suite à la pandémie, de nombreux articles et autres initiatives en lien avec le Covid-19 et les sociétés des mondes arabes et musulmans ont été publiés Depuis fin mars, l’IREMAM a entrepris une veille documentaire, non exhaustive. Celle-ci comprend une sélection d’articles, de podcasts, de vidéos, de séminaires en ligne, d’appels et d’autres initiatives.

Information: https://iremam.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article6834&lang=en

 

 

 

 

12. Arabic Postgraduate Research Conference

Negotiating Arabic Text in Translation

27^th – 29^th July 2020

4 – 5:30 pm (London Time)

 

The first Arabic Postgraduate Research Online Conference, Negotiating Arabic Text in Translation will take place on 27^th – 29^th July 2020. Sessions will be in the form of a Zoom webinar and will run from 4 to 5:30 on the above dates.

 

The event is organised by Swansea Arabic Research Group (ARG), which is part of the Department of Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting at Swansea University.

The event includes research papers and information about studying a postgraduate programme in or related to Arabic at Swansea University. The presentations cover various applications of literary and translation theories on Arabic texts, exploring technical, political and religious questions. The texts being analysed include, film, political speeches, novels and the Qur’an.

There will also be an opportunity to virtually meet academic staff at the Department of Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting to discuss research opportunities and learn about the programmes we offer in Arabic and Arabic-related areas of study.

Click on the link to support our postgraduate students throughout the three sessions or at individual sessions, especially if you supervise one of the speakers.

 

To reserve your place, click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/postgraduate-research-conference-negotiating-arabic-text-in-translation-tickets-113010920706

 

We look forward to welcoming you there.

 

Swansea Arabic Research Group (ARG)

Department of Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting

Swansea University

 

1.Open Access Book:

Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia

J van Steenbergen, ed. Leiden: Brill, 2020

https://brill.com/view/title/57550

 

 

 

2. Toys and ephemera in a fifteenth-century multilingual illustrated dictionary from India

The Miftāḥ al-Fużalā or Key of the Learned of Muḥammad Dā’ūd Shādiyābādī (BL Or 3299), a multilingual illustrated Persian dictionary written in 1468 gives us glimpses into the ephemeral life of the sultanate of Malwa in Central India.

 

 

 

3. The History Department of Tulane University is seeking a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic/Middle Eastern history, starting August 2020. Research specialization open, teaching experience required. The teaching load will be 3/3. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the Fall semester a course on the History of Islam to 1400, an upper-level seminar on the Modern Middle East, and a third course to be determined in consultation with the candidate; and in the Spring semester other courses on the history of Islam and/or the modern Middle East. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to Tulane’s growing interdisciplinary program in Middle East and North African Studies and the vibrant cohort of scholars associated with it. Candidates will be expected to have PhD in hand or to have defended their dissertation by Sept 1. Tulane University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. All eligible candidates are invited to apply for position vacancies as appropriate.

Candidates should submit a letter of application and CV and at least two letters of reference. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. All application materials and inquiries should be sent to:

F. Thomas Luongo
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History
Tulane University
tluongo@tulane.edu <mailto:tluongo@tulane.edu>

 

4. The Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) Majlis, held periodically in conjunction with the conference of the College Art Association (CAA), offers an opportunity for junior scholars in Islamic art to learn about their colleagues’ work and to connect with more senior scholars.

 

HIAA invites submissions from graduate students at ABD level or recent PhDs to present at its next Majlis, to take place in New York city on the afternoon of Thursday, February 11, 2021 during CAA’s Annual Conference. [Note: Although we hope that the conference and associated programming will be held in person, in the event of continued restrictions on large gatherings, the Majlis will be held virtually]

 

We are delighted to announce that the Majlis will be held at Silsila, a research center at NYU dedicated to material histories of the Islamicate world.

 

HIAA invites proposals for 20-minute papers on current research focused on any topic, time period or region related to islamic art, architecture, and archaeology. We especially encourage proposals that highlight research and activism that expands our understanding of race and its representation in Islamic art and culture, and to topics that deal with the way racism or race has played a part in writing about Islamic art.

 

Proposals should be submitted by email to HIAA secretary Fatima Quraishi at sec.hiaa@gmail.com as a single document which includes the following:

** a cover sheet with your name, academic status, contact information (postal address, e-mail address, telephone number/s) and title of proposed presentation

** an abstract of no more than 300 words

Proposals are due by August 15, 2020.

 

Please note that those selected to present at the Majlis must be current members of HIAA.

 

 

 

 

5. Imago Mundi Ltd. in close collaboration with the National Museum of Maps and Old Books in Bucharest and the University of Bucharestinvite applications for the 29^th International Conference on the History of Cartography, July 4–9, 2021 Bucharest.

The conference is entitled ‘Conflict and Cartography’ and proposals for individual papers, poster presentations and workshops are welcomed on various aspects of the history of cartography, under the following themes:

1. Imperial and Anti-Imperial Cartographies

• Questioning the interrelation of mapping and imperialism, with a special focus on cartography as a hegemonic or a counter-hegemonic discourse.

2. Frontier Cartographies

• Exploring the role played by mapmaking and cartographic knowledge in imagining and building barriers, edges, boundaries, limits and frontiers.

3. Cartographies of Nostalgia and Imagination

• Focusing on cartography as an exercise in wish-fulfilment, in which deceptive, consoling or anticipative fantasies are projected onto maps.

4. Cartographies of Difference and Map Consumption

• Aiming to investigate the world of map consumption and cartographic fashions in driving the market, as well as in shaping the actual form and content of maps.

5. Any other aspect of the history of cartography

Deadline for submission of proposals is Monday, 5 October 2020.

For further details see https://ichc2021.com/call-for-papers/

 

 

 

6. British Institute of Persian Studies

Webinar: Iran in Global International Relations

22 July 2pm UK time

In this lecture, Shabnam Holliday (University of Plymouth) talks about her approach to her research. She highlights the importance of Area Studies because it is through Area Studies that it is possible to appreciate the complexity of history and the domestic. These are essential for a better understanding of the international in general, and Iran’s international relations in particular.

Shabnam Holliday is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Plymouth. She is also the current Director of the British Institute of Persian Studies’ Modern Research Project. Recent publications include ‘Populism, the International and Methodological Nationalism: Global Order and the Iran-Israel Nexus’, Political Studies (2020). She is the author of Defining Iran: Politics of Resistance (Routledge 2011).

Please note, registration is required. Capacity for the webinar is 100 people.

 

 

 

 

7. Iran’s Reconstruction Jihad

Rural Development and Regime Consolidation after 1979

Eric Lob

Cambridge University Press, 2020

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/irans-reconstruction-jihad/0A4A897EDC13565F99FAA042CAFC06A7

 

 

 

8. POSTPONED – American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS) has rescheduled its conference for 19-20 March, 2021 at Villanova University.

The original conference was supposed to be held on March 27-28, 2020 at Villanova University. The theme of the conference is “the Influence of Islam in Politics and Society: Civic Engagement, Social Inclusion and Political Participation”. We will stick with the same program and participants.

The venue of the conference is Garey Hall, Villanova University, 800 E. Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085 USA. Please check our website < acsis.villanova.edu > for more updates.